PlanPhilly Archive

Michael Hill is remembered for his big personality and kindness. A North Philly native, he climbed the ranks at SEPTA over a 40-year-career.

Without stable housing, you cannot maintain your health, focus on educating yourself or your children, secure employment, or be productive at work.

You don’t need a lot of space or money to turn your bit of outdoor real estate into an escape. Philadelphians share tips for even the modest of spaces.

Videos obtained by PlanPhilly show police, a city trash truck, and outreach workers appearing Tuesday morning at the 2000 block of Ionic Street.

Einstein is struggling to survive a pandemic that has ripped through the North Philadelphia community it serves. Its patients are stepping up to save it.

Steve McFadden, a Regional Rail conductor, and Terrance Burton, a Midvale operator, bring the death toll of SEPTA employees to seven.

Without drivers on the highway, toll revenue is down by at least 50%, costing SEPTA and other transit agencies that use toll income to fund improvements.

Philly councilmembers introduced a package of six bills designed to aid renters affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Lindsey Scannapieco, “landlady” to 175 creative tenants at the Bok Building, argues that some real estate owners, like their tenants, need government aid.

An estimated 12,000 people work construction in Philadelphia. These workers returned to new rules and a changed economic landscape on Friday.

Mayor Kenney has canceled a long-awaited street sweeping program that would have reinstated regular cleaning in neighborhoods. Litter is one of city residents’ top complaints.

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the city’s budget. Kenney hopes to use tax increases to prevent major service reductions.

The city’s small business relief funds have touched virtually every neighborhood in the city –– but certain areas saw more benefits than others.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency shutdown orders closed garden supply stores in Pa., but there are plenty of safe ways to buy plants and learn how to grow.

Ubiquitous and necessary, the corner store or bodega is a staple of modern urban life. Now these small businesses face unprecedented headwinds.